ActiveReports allows you to create Master Detail reports with grouping by using the GroupHeader and Detail sections to contain data from master files and detail files.

This walkthrough illustrates how to create a Master Detail report using grouping to organize the report.

This walkthrough is split up into the following activities:

• Adding an ActiveReport to a Visual Studio project
• Connecting the report to a data source
• Adding controls to the report to contain data
• Viewing the report 

To complete the walkthrough, you must have access to the NorthWind database (NWind.mdb).

When you have completed this walkthrough, you will have a report that looks similar to the following.

Adding an ActiveReport to a Visual Studio project

To add an ActiveReport to your project

1. Open a new project in Visual Studio.
2. Click on Project > Add New Item.
3. Select ActiveReports file and rename the file rptMD.
4. Click Open.

Connecting the report to a data source

To connect the report to a data source

1. Click on the yellow report DataSource icon in the Detail section. This brings up the report DataSource dialog box.
2. Click on Build...
3. Select Microsoft Jet 4.0 OLE DB Provider and click Next >>
4. Click on the ellipsis to browse for the access path to NWind.mdb. Click Open once you have selected the appropriate access path.
5. Click OK to continue.
6. In the Query field, type "Select * from orders, [order details], products where orders.OrderID = [order details].OrderID and products.productID = [order details].productID order by OrderDate".
7. Click OK to return to the report design surface.

Adding controls to the report to contain data

To add controls to the report

1. Add a GroupHeader/Footer section to your report.
2. Make the following changes to the group header:
   • Change the name to ghOrders
   • Change the DataField property to Orders.OrderID
3. Add the following controls to the GroupHeader section:

   Control	DataField	Name	Text/Caption	Misc Details	Location
   Textbox	OrderDate	txtOrderDate	Order Date	(Empty string)	0, 0.25
   Textbox	ShippedDate	txtShippedDate	Shipped Date	(Empty string)	2.062, 0.25
   Label	(Empty string)	lblOrderDate	Order Date	(Empty string)	0, 0
   Label	(Empty string)	lblShipName	Ship Name	(Empty string)	1, 0
   Label	(Empty string)	lblShippedDate	Shipped Date	(Empty string)	2.062, 0
   Label	(Empty string)	lblFreight	Freight	(Empty string)	5.687, 0
   Textbox	Freight	txtFreight	Freight	OutputFormat = Currency	5.687, 0.25
   Textbox	ShipName	txtShipName	Ship Name	(Empty string)	1, 0.25
   Textbox	ShipAddress	txtShipAddress	Ship Address	(Empty string)	3.312, 0.25
   Textbox	ShipCountry	txtShipCountry	Ship Country	(Empty string)	4.437, 0.25
   Label	(Empty string)	lblShipAddress	Ship Address	(Empty string)	3.312, 0
   Label	(Empty string)	lblShipCountry	Ship Country	(Empty string)	4.437, 0

4. Add the following controls to the Detail section:

   Control	DataField	Name	Text/Caption	Misc Details	Location
   Label	(Empty string)	lblUnitPrice	Unit Price	(Empty string)	1.062, 0
   Label	(Empty string)	lblQuantity	Quantity	(Empty string)	4.25, 0
   Label	(Empty string)	lblDiscount	Discount	(Empty string)	5.25, 0
   Label	(Empty string)	lblOrderID	Order ID	(Empty string)	0.062, 0
   Label	(Empty string)	lblProductName	Product Name	(Empty string)	3.125, 0
   Textbox	ProductName	txtProductName	Product Name	(Empty string)	3.125, 0.187
   Textbox	Quantity	txtQuantity	Quantity	(Empty string)	4.25, 0.1875
   Textbox	Discount	txtDiscount	Discount	OutputFormat = Currency	5.25, 0.187
   Textbox	orders.OrderID	txtOrderID	Order ID	(Empty string)	0.0625, 0.1875
   Textbox	products.UnitPrice	txtUnitPrice	Unit Price	OutputFormat = Currency	1.0625, 0.1875
   Textbox	products.ProductID	txtProductID	Product ID	(Empty string)	2.062, 0.187
   Label	(Empty string)	lblProductID	Product ID	(Empty string)	2.062, 0

Viewing the report

To view the report

1. Add the ActiveReports viewer control to a Windows Form.
2. Add the code needed to set the viewer document equal to the report document. See Using the ActiveReports WinForm Viewer for help.

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